The New Delhi railway station (NDLS) redevelopment project has received clearance from the state forest and wildlife department to remove 921 of the total 2,980 trees currently present at the project site, with forest officials saying that only 36 trees will be cut and the other 885 will be transplanted elsewhere. The remaining 2,059 trees will be incorporated within the NDLS revamp design.
The Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA), which is undertaking the project, will also have to carry out compensatory afforestation of 9,210 saplings (10 for each tree removed) across Delhi, said officials.
A senior forest official in the central division, under whose jurisdiction the project falls, said based on a proposal sent by RLDA in December, the department carried out a site inspection and identified the 36 trees to be cut.
